I've only had one occasion where I believe my bees collected  honeydew.  The 
spring was extremely wet with rain every day in April and up  to last week of 
May when the rain stopped.  I ended up harvesting several  supers of very dark 
honey that the bees produced from late May to mid June after  the rain 
stopped.
The honey was very dark with a tangy almost molasses like aftertaste.   I 
have a sample that has not gone to sugar and shows very little  granulation going 
into the 5th year nor has it spoiled.  
 
Speaking of a weird honey, I've received several reports coming  from North 
Georgia that beekeepers there are finding hives with  supers of a clear water 
white or yellowish honey with a motor oil  smell/awful taste.  Ended up being 
identified as mountain  laurel/rhododendron, a honey with toxic effects if too 
much is  ingested. Very unusual, but a late frost killed many normal nectar 
sources and I  suspect dry weather also contributed to a dearth of other nectar 
plants.
 
Jerry Wallace
Atlanta, GA



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